Relating to this old discussion, I’ve been meaning to post about this for for some time. I’m putting it here because it’s relevant - if easier as a new post, let me know.
As discussed above, I’ve been aware for some time that marquee selection including bar numbers results in problems pasting.
I like having all bars numbered
I don’t want the system track showing by default, and I often cut and paste starting/ending within bars, or am only selecting one staff, so marquee selection feels the most natural way to work
When working fast I sometimes remember the bar number issue and individually deselect them, but I often forget and have to undo and start again. That’s partly because intuitively I don’t ‘see’ or think of the the bar numbers when I’m focusing on the music.
So I guess this is a feature request to automatically exclude bar numbers from marquee selections. I can’t think of a time when I’ve ever wanted them or the extra bars that result.
Let’s put it that way: if you want to include bar numbers, use the marquee selection method.
If you want to select just the music, click into that bar (or onto that note) and extend your selection to where you want it.
Different selection methods give you different possibilities.
In general one should try to minimise the use of the mouse - on the way to an efficient and fast professional note input.
I have to admit, as a user I come from Sibelius software - and it was a key sentence in their first excellent manual “hide your mouse in a drawer” to get the users to learn the much more efficient way of working with the notation software. This sentence will never be forgotten- nor will be the joy dealing with the software and the lovely manual in those early days.